The Elder

Introduction

The Elder is located in The Absence of Value and Meaning, found in maps. He can be spawned on the atlas by killing the boss or at least 60% of the monsters in a Shaper influenced map(cosmic cloud effect). Once there are enough Elder influenced maps(Tentacle effect), The Elder and his four Guardians will spawn. This usually takes about 20 Elder influenced maps. All four of the Guardians will then need to be defeated before reaching The Elder. From here, the player will need to run the map that The Elder has spawned on. Once at the boss, a Void Portal will appear and the Elder emerges, consuming that bosses essence. He will then leave through the portal to The Absence of Value and Meaning where the player will follow him into the arena.

The Elder deals a substantial amounts of Physical and Cold Damage and some of his attacks can be extremely deadly. His fight consists of 3 main phases.

Boss Fight

Phase 1 – Normal Phase

Once the player has entered the arena and moved toward The Elder, he will begin dialog with Zana. After this brief mom, The Elder will begin the fight. Once he reaches 75% Maximum Life, the second phase will begin.

Phase 2 – Captured Phase

The Shaper appears and imprisons The Elder in the center of the map, leaving him invulnerable to any damage. The Shaper has to power up 4 restraints. Each restraint takes around 30 seconds to complete. After all four restraints are powered, the phase is complete. During this time The Shaper is vulnerable to any damage. The Elder will spawns Null Portals that spawn Madness Propagators.

Phase 2 – The Shaper Dies – Optional

If The Shaper is killed, The Elder will be released and you will skip the rest of phase 2 and 3. The rest of the fight is just like phase 1. If you do choose to let The Shaper die, The Watcher’s Eye Prismatic Jewel will no longer drop from this instance.

Phase 3 – Unstable Phase

The Elder becomes vulnerable and under restraint. Here he is still able to perform some attacks while you fight him. He will use Null Portals, Tentacle Whip and a physical damage nova. Once The Elder is killed, he will charge up and explode dealing a lethal blow. The only way to avoid it is to run into Zana’s Bubble at the bottom right.

Abilities

These are all of the attacks that this boss uses. With the use of these gifs, you are able to see the animation of each attack to better familiarize yourself with the boss mechanics.

The Elder slashes with his hand when the player is within close range dealing Physical Damage.

The Elder spawns several Ice Spears in front of him and fires them at the player dealing heavy amounts of Cold Damage. There are 4 different forms of Ice Spears:

1 shot of 3 large Ice Spears

2 shots of 2 small Ice Spears

3 shots of 2 Ice Spears

1 shot of 8 small Ice Spears covering a very large area of effect.

The Elder levitates into the air and spawns 5 sets of 3 tentacles. These tentacle slam the ground around the player dealing small areas of Physical Damagearound them. This attack deals less damage during The Elder’s 3rd Phase.

The Elder spawns 2 large circles on the ground. The outer circle will expand until it covers almost the entire arena and explode dealing Physical Damage. The inner circle is the only safe area. Be sure to stay inside the inner circle until the outer one explodes. During Phase 3, The Elder is able to spawn many of these novas, causing them to overlap with one another. The Phase 3 attack is harder to dodge, be sure to run to the center or the very outside of the circles.

The Elder teleports behind the player and creates a small semicircle on the ground dealing Physical Damage Over Time and greatly slows the player down. The Elder gains 20% of Energy Shield Regeneration per second during this period. Be sure to get out of the semicircle as fast as you can. The slowing affect will still cause the player to be slowed during the entirety of this attack.

Once The Elder reaches below 60% Maximum Life, he can freeze you in place when using his Siphon ability.

The Elder levitates into the air and releases a large barrage of projectiles dealing Cold Damage in a large circular area beneath him. He will then teleport to the player’s location and clap his hands together dealing large amounts of very Cold Damage. Warning, this attack will 1 shot most players.

The Elder spawns Madness Propagators that fire projectiles at the player dealing Lightning Damage. These minions are able to spawn small areas of Physical Damage Over Time that will last the entire fight. If these are left alone, they can very easily overwhelm the player. Be sure to kill them as quickly as possible.

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